Winterbergs micro-chemical fusion bomblets

Winterberg’s work in nuclear rocket propulsion earned him the 1979 Hermann Oberth Gold Medal of the Wernher von Braun International Space Flight Foundation. Winterberg is well respected for his work in the fields of nuclear fusion and plasma physics, and Edward Teller has been quoted as saying that he had “perhaps not received the attention …

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Quantum Vacuum Propulsion

We previously covered the work of Harold White and Paul March on Quantum Vacuum propulsion Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (2012) – Advanced Propulsion Physics: Harnessing the Quantum Vacuum. Can the properties of the quantum vacuum be used to propel a spacecraft? The idea of pushing off the vacuum is not new, in fact …

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Robert Zubrin makes the case against Population Control

New Atlantis – Robert Zubrin makes the case against population control. Around the world, the population control movement has resulted in billions of lost or ruined lives. We cannot stop at merely rebutting the pseudoscience and recounting the crimes of the population controllers. We must also expose and confront the underlying antihumanist ideology. If the …

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Per Capita GDP prediction method with 97% accuracy using economic freedom, average IQ, trading block membership and oil usage

Economic Freedom and average citizenry IQ — plus slight tweaks from trading block membership and oil predicted GDP per capita for every country with a high .97 correlation (r) with actual GDP per capita. This is not scientific but uses a few factors that can be adjusted to correlate to per capita GDP both historically …

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Stem Cells for repairing kidneys and Indian company targets commercial stem cell treatment in 2014

1. Transplanting autologous renal progenitor cells (RPCs), (kidney stem cells derived from self-donors), into rat models with kidney damage from pyelonephritis – a type of urinary infection that has reached the kidney – has been found to improve kidney structure and function. Autografting of Renal Progenitor Cells Ameliorates Kidney Damage in Experimental Model of Pyelonephritis …

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Graphene Films with Large Domain Size by a Two-Step Chemical Vapor Deposition Process

Nanoletters – Graphene Films with Large Domain Size by a Two-Step Chemical Vapor Deposition Process The fundamental properties of graphene are making it an attractive material for a wide variety of applications. Various techniques have been developed to produce graphene and recently we discovered the synthesis of large area graphene by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) …

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Quanta and Tilera Launch S2Q Cloud Computing Server and Tilera Plans to Double Cores Per Chip Every Two Years

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Tilera and Taiwanese Quanta Computer launched the S2Q server, targeted specifically to tackle today’s cloud computing workloads, was designed in collaboration with cloud datacenter providers, end customers and software partners. Tilera says it can get 10,752 cores in one 8-kilowatt rack in a data center. The …

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Will the NASA WISE Space Telescope Find Nemesis, a Binary Companion Star for the Sun ?

Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Astrobiology Magazine – Is our Sun part of a binary star system? An unseen companion star, nicknamed “Nemesis,” may be sending comets towards Earth. If Nemesis exists, NASA’s new WISE telescope should be able to spot it. Our solar system is surrounded by a vast collection of …

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